Quezon province COVID-19 facility opens

The first and largest temporary COVID-19 Treatment and Monitoring Facility in Quezon province was opened on Tuesday.

This is the Southern Quezon Convention Center in Gumaca which was made a temporary treatment and monitoring facility.

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It has 60 beds, X-ray machines and other equipment that could also be found in a hospital.

According to Dr. Grace Santiago, provincial health officer of Quezon, those who tested positive for COVID-19 but had no symptoms or asymptomatic would be placed here instead of in the hospital.

It is said that the hospitals and isolation facilities of the towns are already full due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

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Doctors and nurses will also serve at the Treatment and Monitoring Facility.

According to Dr. Santiago, the facility will help a lot because Quezon Medical Center is already full.

Those who know that they have COVID-19 will be placed here instead of undergoing home quarantine.

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Quezon province COVID-19 facility opened

Quezon Governor Danilo E. Suarez and his wife, Representative Aleta Suarez, attended the opening of the temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility.

More than ten large towns in Quezon province will benefit from the facility. These are the towns of Tagkawayan, Guinayangan, Calauag, Lopez, Gumaca, Plaridel, Atimonan, Perez, Quezon, Alabat and other towns from the Bondoc Peninsula.

The facility area is suitable for the sick because it is on the beach with fresh air.

According to Governor Suarez, they have been planning to do this for a long time for the people of Quezon who will be hit by COVID-19.

He said the facility is nice and tidy but it is better if it would not be used.

Dr. Santiago, meanwhile, explained the reason for the increase in COVID-19 cases in Quezon province.

According to him, some government agencies had mandatory swab testing so those with COVID were identified.

There are also people today who are too complacent, no longer practice social distancing, no longer follow the proper use of face masks and no longer disinfect themselves, Santiago said.

He added some healthworkers could have not properly removed their protective equipment (PPE) which is why they also acquired the disease.